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1960 Cadillac Miller Meteor Commercial Chassis Hearse

Started by LPIENS, August 09, 2019, 05:23:47 AM

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LPIENS

Hello, I have a 1960 Hearse on a cadillac commercial chassis ( series 75)
I imported it from Venezuela back to Europe.

I have some trouble finding the right wheels and tires.

I found some things about the measurements online for the wheels. but I can not locate any original wheels in Europe.

So I found a set on Cokertire.com and want to know if they are the same.

Can someone help me out ?
about the original wheels
I have found online:
wheel size 15 X 6
Bolt circle 5 bolts 5 inches
wheel number X-40129 .

On coker tire I found these:
https://www.cokertire.com/wheels/original-equipment/o-e-style-chevy-wheel-oepr156lg334.html

Backspacing is 3,75 inch .
Would that fit and not block on turning the front wheels?


And For tires I found these:

https://www.cokertire.com/h78-15-coker-classic-3-whitewall-tire-62861.html
or these
https://www.12banden.be/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=433&typ=R-215148&partner=1&ID=psm_rdd_benl_vergelijk&Country=DBENL

Is This correct?
Thank you for helping out!

The Tassie Devil(le)

One of the reasons for using original Cadillac rims for your model year is that they have a deeper outer lip, which is there to retain the full disc wheel trims.

Use the narrower lip rims, and it is hard to keep the trims from falling off.   I found that problem with my '60 CDV.

Plus, from memory, the Commercial Chassis Cadillacs used heavier duty rims, because of the extra weight of the vehicles.

Bruce. >:D
'72 Eldorado Convertible (LHD)
'70 Ranchero Squire (RHD)
'74 Chris Craft Gull Wing (SH)
'02 VX Series II Holden Commodore SS Sedan
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Past Cars of significance - to me
1935 Ford 3 Window Coupe
1936 Ford 5 Window Coupe
1937 Chevrolet Sports Coupe
1955 Chevrolet Convertible
1959 Ford Fairlane Ranch Wagon
1960 Cadillac CDV
1972 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe